ATX Metal Podcast

Ryan Rayle (00:02.082)
What's up everybody. Ryan, ATX Metal Podcast here with a special edition. This is the showcase. Ma'am, I didn't even think about a cool name. Damn it. The showcase showed out. Fuck it. Nevermind. Anyway, we got BatLips. They're here. A long time ago, we actually sat down at Indie Brewing, if I'm not mistaken, Paris. Didn't we do like a lost episode or something? We tried with James from Texas Metal Collective.

Paris (00:16.056)
you

Paris (00:30.853)
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I forgot about that.

Ryan Rayle (00:32.088)
I just remembered that. Anyway, they are on the ATX Metal Podcast Showcase. They will be hitting the stage with other great locals. I brought them on because I think they have a really great sound. You don't see that many three pieces. So I thought that was also kind of cool. But anyway, I'll let them take it over. Go around the room, introduce yourselves, and then we'll just kind of go from there.

Paris (00:58.639)
Hi, Paris.

Lukas Magalee (01:01.878)
Hi, I'm Lucas. I play drums.

Domonic (01:04.836)
Dominic, play bass.

Paris (01:10.209)
We're telling them what we do, too. I play guitar. I play guitar and sing. My bad. Yeah, thanks.

Lukas Magalee (01:12.706)
Yeah

Ryan Rayle (01:18.908)
Paris sings and plays guitar. It's okay. It's okay. So anyway, guys, thank you very much for coming out on the evening. And honestly, kind of short notice, we just announced this past Monday for the showcase, letting everybody know who's on it. kind of keep it, I keep it kind of hush hush. I tell a few people, just the people that I think need to know.

obviously the people at the venue shout out, come and take it live and come and take it productions, sponsoring this as well. They've been, they've been with us for as long as we've existed. So, you know, just trying to tap into that local goodness and throw a show to kind of, kind of highlight what, what, you know, the different flavors that are around central Texas and even regionally we've got some people coming in. so it's going to be great. for those that don't know anything about Batlips literally zero.

Domonic (01:56.069)
Okay.

Domonic (02:13.188)
Okay. Okay.

Ryan Rayle (02:14.716)
Paris, give us like the brief intro and the sales pitch.

Paris (02:20.741)
boy, let's see. It started technically in 2018. There's been a lot of like sound changes I think in that time. We're currently in this like thrashy industrial phase. Yeah, we got Lucas playing the drums, he rips, Dominic playing the bass, he rips, flies around.

Shoot, I'm a hell of a salesman, so that's gonna be a big thing. We don't talk very much on stage. We usually fill this space with other sounds. We're kind of a soundscape-y weirdo art band, I guess.

Ryan Rayle (03:01.084)
OK. So there's none of that witty banter in between. just fill it with ambient noise and other stuff.

Paris (03:14.605)
I've tried, I've tried. I'm just like really not good at talking to people.

Domonic (03:17.475)
Yeah.

Lukas Magalee (03:20.011)
Paris saves all his witty banter for their car rides.

Paris (03:22.999)
Yeah, yeah, it's basically driving there at home. Yeah.

Domonic (03:23.413)
I'm

Ryan Rayle (03:24.616)
I got you. I got you. it's not that you have stage fright or you're just like, I'm just going to play music. Well, we'll talk later. So how is he on tour? Is he a chatty Cathy? I mean, is it like you're just driving and you're like, really wish Paris would just stop.

Paris (03:34.159)
still have the good stuff for my friends, you You're in the... It's a respect thing.

Lukas Magalee (03:36.173)
It's a real treat.

Lukas Magalee (03:47.617)
I don't think I've ever felt like that. It's pretty entertaining. feel like he can get a little delirious around the four hour mark, maybe. No, but he's got a lot to say.

Domonic (03:57.762)
You

Ryan Rayle (03:58.075)
No.

Ryan Rayle (04:11.334)
sorry, I I took that a totally different way. Like, he's got a lot to say.

Paris (04:15.791)
You

Lukas Magalee (04:16.405)
Hahaha

Ryan Rayle (04:19.366)
So what's, no go ahead.

Lukas Magalee (04:19.498)
No, he, I mean, he, he's, he's a big movie or film buff. I don't know if that's the right word to call him, but he's got a lot of obscure tastes and it's interesting to hear him, you know, talk about that stuff. He's funny. he does some pretty good impressions.

Domonic (04:38.219)
you

Paris (04:39.471)
It's kind like a late night subway guy vibe that I try to push out, you Like you're waiting for the L train and sit down next to you to start going.

Ryan Rayle (04:39.846)
yeah.

Lukas Magalee (04:41.517)
Yeah, yeah, yeah,

Ryan Rayle (04:42.428)
you

Domonic (04:42.966)
Yeah

Ryan Rayle (04:50.764)
Late night subway guy. Okay. The first thing that came into my head was I was actually in a, not like, like in the food restaurant, the subway, like I was late night standing in line, but then you said L train. And then I was like, wait, that's the wrong subway, Ryan. But now I've got an idea. Now I've got the vision of a dude that just went to subway that sits down next to you at the sub anyway. There's so many layers here. There's so many layers.

Paris (05:05.711)
You

Paris (05:15.535)
Those are good ones too, yeah. That's Dom's vibe.

Domonic (05:19.779)
Those guys are actually peasant.

Ryan Rayle (05:21.532)
man, good stuff, good stuff. I'm really happy that we're already here. So Paris, since you're such a film buff, a movie buff, does any of that kind of overflow into the music?

Paris (05:41.325)
Yeah, a lot of it. And we used to have like a lot of samples between stuff and they would be just full of like weird samples from obscure movies and all kinds of goofy stuff. Yeah, it was a big part of the band. It's kind of like tapered back a little bit. But for a while, think like Batlip's four, anyone has ever, our first group of EPs were all numbers. And the fourth one was essentially just movie references that I was trying to kind of

Domonic (05:58.466)
Okay.

Paris (06:09.903)
tell some larger little story with it, but yeah, it was full of movie references. The song titles were all basically references to something. And then yeah, like our set was like infused with like, as we would like go through these thematic changes of the set, it would all be kind of connected to a movie. Like it was something more hardcore and digital sounding. was kind of like a movie called Hardware. Got a lot of samples in that. We had a surf rock phase or surf metal phase and that got some like.

Surf Nautis Must Die was a movie that got sampled a bunch for that era. But yeah, that was kind of how we did things for about two, three years.

Ryan Rayle (06:48.059)
So that's early BatLips.

Paris (06:49.551)
Yeah, I would say so. Yeah, at least like no, no, no, sorry you good

Ryan Rayle (06:52.155)
So what's the motivation to just transition out of that into the new sound, the new vibe?

Paris (06:57.263)
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Paris (07:04.013)
I think I just ran with it for a while and like kind of reached the peak of it. Like how many like obscure references I can throw at people to the point that nobody recognizes them anymore. And it's just like something for me. So like, you know, yeah, yeah. Just like for what, and then, yeah, I think, and it was kind of like around when Dom joined, like we were doing samples and stuff then, and then like after I think a year, it was sort of like, maybe we, what if we tried something different?

Domonic (07:04.737)
Okay.

Ryan Rayle (07:15.771)
The secret.

Paris (07:32.579)
Maybe we did something else other than like hit a sample, a bunch of like obscure references and make something that was like a different more like the whole set was a thematic thing rather than like movement between different pieces.

Ryan Rayle (07:46.108)
So while you were, so I could be wrong, but so while you're creating the music, you're also envisioning like how the live set will be, or that was just how the live set ended up co-mingling with the music.

Paris (08:00.431)
Right. So I mean, for a while, I think each of those first four EPs was all, they were all kind of different. And then by the time Lucas joined and we were writing the fourth one, it was like, well, this is like the majority of our music, like is this across this kind of spectrum of like weird, heavy and fast things. And then how do we tie this together? And I think that kind of informed the fourth EP anyway. And I was like, all right, this whole thing is this like genre mishmash kind of

Domonic (08:09.728)
you

Paris (08:29.743)
crazy like cinematics thing, like a Quentin Tarantino kind of vibe where we're just like a lot of different styles together. And now we're kind of in a phase where it feels more like we're writing like a single movie that's not necessarily a reference to something else, if that makes sense.

Ryan Rayle (08:35.845)
Mm.

Ryan Rayle (08:45.359)
I got you. got you. No, I was while I was listening to you talk, I was like, really hope he understood what I was trying to say. Because, you know, you got like the scrolling marquee in your head. You're like, say this. And then it comes out and you're like, that was that was not good. That was not good. But that was great. Thanks. I really like I said earlier, you guys have such a I personally think you guys are kind of one of the highlights of the night. OK, guys, for the rest of you, for us to other bands, don't take this

Paris (08:52.333)
Yes. Yeah.

Domonic (09:04.513)
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Paris (09:12.081)
jeez.

Ryan Rayle (09:14.693)
personally, okay. Just Batlips, I think has just this kind of eclecticness to this, to the sound that you guys are gonna bring to the showcase. I mean, because you guys are taking so many elements and then trying some really cool stuff, not that the rest of you guys aren't, so you'll get your turn. You'll get to tell us about all the cool experimental shit you're working with, but I really did dig the live set the last time I saw you guys play at Indie Brewing.

Domonic (09:42.848)
you

Ryan Rayle (09:45.071)
Where do you guys frequent? Where do you guys call like home?

Paris (09:51.619)
like venue-wise or like where we play or where we attend.

Lukas Magalee (09:54.185)
Well, I don't know. played.

Ryan Rayle (10:00.092)
Where do you play them? Where do you find yourself going to the most?

Lukas Magalee (10:06.547)
think this past year we did lot of Mohawk and lot of Hotel Vegas.

Domonic (10:07.679)
you

Ryan Rayle (10:11.001)
Ooh man, Hotel Vegas. I have not been there in a while. man, I'm just now regretting it.

Lukas Magalee (10:12.711)
Yeah.

Domonic (10:12.895)
Yeah, then.

Paris (10:15.693)
Yeah.

Lukas Magalee (10:21.642)
And I don't know, we played chess club a bunch as well. Although that's not our chosen home. No offense to chess club, but it's just so chaotic there. But I think chess club, Hotel Vegas and Mohawk were definitely our most frequented venues.

Ryan Rayle (10:39.343)
Where is chess club chess club located again?

Lukas Magalee (10:43.721)
Red River and Seventh?

Domonic (10:43.816)
It took right on the... and the seven.

Ryan Rayle (10:48.443)
Okay, got you. Yep, Swanda, there you go. Thank you. Just trying to put it together. Whenever you guys...

Paris (10:50.425)
Yeah, next is like Swandive, Barrella, that corner.

Domonic (10:55.72)
It's not necessarily so much a chess club. It's just like everything outside on Red River and Seventh, whenever you're like, loving it or out. It's just so great. It's so wild.

Ryan Rayle (11:03.009)
yeah, it's.

Lukas Magalee (11:03.154)
True.

true.

Paris (11:08.013)
What show was it? Dami almost threw down on some dude who was like, let me not even get to go into this story. It was terrible. Saw some bad things happening in a car and.

Ryan Rayle (11:13.572)
You

Domonic (11:13.62)
Yeah.

Ryan Rayle (11:18.265)
Redacted, redacted.

Domonic (11:20.263)
Yeah.

Lukas Magalee (11:24.658)
Witness protection, Dom's in witness protection.

Paris (11:25.871)
Yeah.

Ryan Rayle (11:26.907)
Just

Some guy's gonna bust through the door and be like, me the hard drive. Give me the hard drive.

Paris (11:33.999)
Ha

Domonic (11:34.572)
Yeah. But not this guy.

Ryan Rayle (11:40.22)
So let's I just wanted a quick trying to make sure we don't skip anything the As far as like the unit that we that is batlips today, I guess obviously Paris founding member How did you come about getting? Dom and Lucas on board

Ryan Rayle (12:02.437)
please tell me a Craigslist ad.

Paris (12:03.855)
Oh, yeah, actually, yeah. Good old Craigslist. Yeah, so yeah, the band started 2018 with me and the original drummer. And we were, you know, kind of put some kind of original sound together, which is kind of like a full circle thing in some way, because it's like we were kind of messing around with industrial stuff back then. It was just the two of us, like guitar and drums. And then I was like doing synth stuff while my one hand was free. And then...

Domonic (12:07.105)
Ha!

Ryan Rayle (12:07.641)
get way too excited about those.

Paris (12:33.903)
Then yeah, then we had our bass player Dan joined and we played that for about two years. Pandemic happened, lineup change. I think when I started going back to work, I was posting on Craigslist and Lucas responded. And yeah, that's when he joined and kind of hit it off pretty quickly.

Domonic (12:56.255)
Okay. Okay.

Paris (13:01.177)
think we did, like, did we do a year of shows before we put out our first release together? Kind of something like that. We wrote it during that year, but we put it out like the following year. Yeah. We had like a record in the can during the pandemic and that came out like right as we started playing shows together. And then fast forward, I guess, like.

Lukas Magalee (13:07.567)
Yeah, it's just about.

Yeah, correct.

Ryan Rayle (13:18.298)
Yeah.

Paris (13:27.279)
a year, two years. had, yeah, Batlips 4 came out. It was the first one Lucas played on. And then we did a bunch of singles, which was kind of like an experiment to like, let's see more about like what writing is going to be like. So we just did like essentially three different songs that were all sort of different kind of approaches to our band. And then we did a whiplash cover. And then Dom joined. And then we wrote Powder, which was like kind of the beginning of what we're doing now.

Domonic (13:38.182)
Okay. Okay.

Paris (13:57.423)
And then again, now we're at the full length that we just recorded, or just started recording like a week ago, and that'll hopefully come out next year.

Domonic (14:00.173)
Okay.

Ryan Rayle (14:06.829)
So you guys are out that leads me to next is like what's what's on the what's on the horizon you fucking walk right into it.

Paris (14:09.785)
Yeah.

Paris (14:14.479)
Yes, this past year, starting with that live session, that's like the first track on the record, and then we pretty much wrote a full length from there, because that kind of being sort of the starting point. It's kind of connected to powder thematically in its sound and style, but it goes further into the industrial stuff and yeah, kind of explores a lot more.

Domonic (14:17.246)
you

Paris (14:44.025)
things.

Domonic (14:45.661)
you

Ryan Rayle (14:48.187)
Well, so far, two thumbs up over here. I was playing it for this kid in the truck today. He's my trainee. And we got done with work and we were heading back to the office. And I was like, all right, time to do some homework. He was like, you're 42. What homework are you doing? I was like, I've got an interview tonight. And so I started playing the music. And I started off with Children of the Industry. And he was like, who is this? I'm like, Batlips.

Domonic (14:49.79)
Okay.

Paris (15:07.49)
you

Domonic (15:14.686)
Thank

Ryan Rayle (15:17.829)
Like never heard of them. I was like, now you have. And then, he's not really into metal. So we've had an awkward kind of three weeks of just riding in the truck together. And, I just put on like 93, seven KLBJ kind of like rock of just, you know, it's, it's, it's harmless. So, you know, no, no worries about anything there. But then I said, well, check this out. And then I played whiplash, which I think was very well done personally.

Paris (15:27.759)
You

Ryan Rayle (15:46.868)
it's, it's cool to see that done by, by a local, just to kind of call back. And, and, and then, and then I went to Mantis, the last one, and I just, he's like, same band. And I said, same band. He's like, what happened? I was like, nothing. was just.

Paris (15:47.449)
Thanks.

Domonic (15:47.906)
So good.

Paris (15:59.689)
nice.

Lukas Magalee (16:03.536)
Hahaha.

Ryan Rayle (16:11.567)
That's just what they that's it. That's that this is this is what you get with this band. It's it's it's interesting. It's all over the place. But so for that, when when can we expect is it going to be called five?

Paris (16:26.617)
think it'll have a proper name. I'm not there yet, but we've, yeah, we'll have a name for it. We're like, we're gonna write all the songs and record it and stuff and then think of the name, I guess. Maybe when we get a cover, we'll land on the name, but it should be something, it'll be like a real album. So it's like, it'll get a name.

Ryan Rayle (16:28.909)
Okay.

Domonic (16:32.092)
Daybreak.

Ryan Rayle (16:45.883)
They're all real. all real. not be able to touch it, but I can hear it though. It's one of the senses. So Dom, you really kind of, kind of stood out in the, in the black oil sessions just because like I think Lucas said, you'd like to jump around, but the, the, is that the level of energy that we can expect on? I mean, obviously you put out a hundred percent for every show, but is, is

Domonic (17:04.72)
Ahem.

Ryan Rayle (17:14.841)
Are we going to see some more jumping around?

Domonic (17:17.309)
I yeah, I mean, hope that I can help continue to bring the intensity that I feel like what BatLips is. It's kind of like what we're saying, it's like with me like kind of joining like a little bit late, it was like, and it's been like so like great to like play with Lucas and like Paris and like see this like sound evolve and like see where it's going and like, and I honestly like feel the intensity of it, like of it building too. So it's just like.

Ryan Rayle (17:18.715)
Excuse me.

Domonic (17:45.904)
Honestly, there's just like, every time a show kicks in, it's just like, man, this is like, this is so good. Like, to me, it's just like, man, this is like so powerful. Or like learning these parts like new and like, at one point, like barely learning, knowing them and then like getting more more familiar and just like being like more involved into the music. like, it's just so, yeah. So I might just explode one day, like honestly, like.

I don't know what's gonna happen. It's just whatever.

Ryan Rayle (18:13.381)
just.

Lukas Magalee (18:18.181)
Dom loses his mind in a different way every time.

Domonic (18:21.884)
If Lucas keeps fucking busting those crazy ass fills and Paris keeps writing those riffs, I'm just gonna exploit it. I don't know.

Ryan Rayle (18:30.875)
I will say, Lucas, man, I can't remember which track it is, but I just remember thinking, was like, man, that dude is in the fucking zone right now. What's your favorite song to play, Lucas?

Lukas Magalee (18:44.197)
honestly, okay. So I'm going to answer that. I can answer that two ways. My favorite song to play right now is, probably mouth of webs. It's a new one that we wrote. it's not, it's not released yet. It's going to be on the full length, but we are playing it in our set and it's just like,

Ryan Rayle (19:03.513)
nice.

Lukas Magalee (19:05.045)
I remember Paris one day was like, Hey, what's like the fastest you can play? And I was like, I don't know. Just, I was like, just something under, under 200 BPM. And so he sends me a demo of this insane song. That's at 200 BPM with these blast beats. And I was like, fuck you. but it's that, it's that one. It's just like, it, it's kind of a blur, but it.

Paris (19:22.615)
You

Ryan Rayle (19:23.085)
Ha

Domonic (19:23.321)
Hahaha

Domonic (19:27.877)
That's it.

Lukas Magalee (19:34.681)
feels really good. There's a break in the middle that just is super groovy and melodic and it ends like really heavy with the same kind of melodic, almost like black metal vibe. But that's my favorite one I would say right now.

And then like my favorite one that we've been playing or that's off of the old older stuff. I really like a hex drive that's on the last EP, the powder EP that we did. it has some, some cool drum heavy parts.

This is probably my top right now.

Ryan Rayle (20:19.707)
you. Favorite one to play currently.

Domonic (20:20.73)
dang. that's really tough. I really, really like, Man.

Ryan Rayle (20:34.117)
You can also pick hex drive. You don't have to like, like fuck he already took that one. Damn it.

Domonic (20:34.137)
Just one track. No, was gonna, I mean, honestly, not the webs is not the web. The web is really interesting because it literally is it has like every single like there's so many different genres and just in that that one track that's really cool. And it just like really like blows right by you really quickly. Not the web is really, really interesting. I think I think the reaction like that we get when we play that song like

Ryan Rayle (20:54.907)
Gotcha.

Domonic (21:04.366)
When it hits in the set, it hits really heavy. I think it's it's a weird, it's just such a slimy breakdown that it's like, everyone is just like, it just hits so tough. even though it's just like, it's very simple, but it's just really, really, really heavy. And I think once that hits, it's like a sound that people don't really hear a lot of. And it's just like, you can see it on their face.

And then, man, there's just so many good ones. I really like playing that. yeah, just, I'm really actually just liking him like playing like all the new stuff. It's like, it's a lot, it's a lot, to me, it's like a lot, lot more challenging. So it's, it's really cool to like keep hitting those steps. and like learning these like super crazy riffs, but, I mean, I also, sorry.

Ryan Rayle (21:40.715)
Hahaha

Paris (21:41.049)
You

Domonic (22:03.907)
Children's really good too though. Children industry is like, that's a great one. All right, I'll stop. What else? COVID day.

Lukas Magalee (22:09.891)
Classic.

Ryan Rayle (22:12.229)
It's okay.

Paris (22:17.557)
You

Ryan Rayle (22:17.945)
He's just gonna go down the list. He's just gonna go down the list.

Domonic (22:20.27)
Yeah, I'll do this.

Ryan Rayle (22:23.951)
Well, I think, I think that's great. The fact that the fact that you have a hard time picking songs, just, you know, obviously kind of shotgun question, but the fact that you're like all of them, I mean, it's, it's, it really, I mean, and again, I, the whole discography, you guys are one of the bands that you can actually start, you know, play all of everything that's out there and, and not get bored. That's me personally. I think it's

It's a good mix. like the kid in the truck, he was like, same band, same band. So I really think that's cool that you guys have that effect on people that have never heard you. then people that, like myself, that have heard your music before, I still come back for more. So I'm really excited that you guys are writing even more cool and crazy stuff and that we get to actually see some of it, even though it's not released. Correct me if I'm wrong. You said you guys actually will play that or do play that now?

Domonic (23:02.649)
Okay. Okay.

Paris (23:20.631)
Yeah, we'll play a couple of them. I think we're playing maybe more than half the set at this point is new record stuff.

Ryan Rayle (23:22.488)
Awesome.

Ryan Rayle (23:27.403)
man, I'm definitely going to be there for sure. But so let's let's get to the let's get to the the business end of this meeting here. December 6th, ATX Metal Podcast Showcase. We've got seven bands that I think deserve a little bit more light shonen, a little more attention thrown their way. So

Lukas Magalee (23:30.818)
Hahaha

Paris (23:39.57)
yeah.

Ryan Rayle (23:55.898)
you know, having you guys join it's, it's, it's, honestly, it's an honor. You know, I've been doing this 10 years and the fact that, you know, we haven't really connected in all the time that, that we've been, you know, in, the periphery of, of each other. I think it's great. Cause we just continue to, you know, get more, get more, attention your guys's way and, know, get a couple more fans and followers that'll support you and come out to, you know, all the shows and, Paris, when you guys are writing riffs,

I mean, I know that they're not writing riffs. Once the riffs are written and it's time to build a show, I was actually reading this article about the art of the set list. Does that ever go into the planning phase? Two things of what you're going to play that night and actually where you're going to play it.

Paris (24:35.652)
Hmm.

Paris (24:48.091)
yeah, for sure. I mean, the setlist construction is like, it's usually a practice or two. And then maybe we make some changes and stuff, especially because of the way that we do sets. Like we usually will have one that will play for like a bit. then we get, because of the nature of our band, we get bored and then want to do something different. So yeah, we build a set list and we really think about the way the songs move together and they flow. And especially like, if you see Dom perform live.

Domonic (25:10.231)
you

Paris (25:17.007)
closing with children in the industry is really rad, because it's it's sick, like watching a pterodactyl play bass. But yeah, I don't know, we're trying, like right now we're starting in one place. It's gonna be a different set probably, come and take it. And so I don't know exactly what we're gonna do for that, but because it's like a really dope sound system, we're probably gonna hit the subs as hard as possible.

with samples and like the synthy stuff. So we're gonna try and get big and weird. mean, yeah, I think a lot of what has happened is that once we started like thinking about hitting different venues, like especially with bigger sound systems, it was like, yo, like let's do a break beats and blast them through these huge systems. It's super cool to do that stuff. It's like something I've like always fantasized about being able to do.

Ryan Rayle (25:47.173)
Hmm.

Mmm.

Paris (26:13.443)
having gigantic voices coming out of huge stereos, like they sound cool. It's like playing on a spaceship. So it should feel like that. It should be this big, weird, trippy, crazy experience. So yes, the construction of the setlist has a lot to with the venue. The order has to do with like what we think will hit people in different ways. We're doing this kind of industrial thing now. So we're starting in this kind of very synthy, nine-inch nails-y kind of place. And then we're ending in this kind of weird.

Domonic (26:18.807)
you

Paris (26:40.309)
industrial death metal kind of vibe, which is just like, kind of weird and what we're doing right now. And it's kind of fun. But we want to like, make people be like, this is sort of like this new wave industrial kind of thing. But like, this is like, essentially like a punk hardcore band kind of doing it. So yeah.

Ryan Rayle (27:00.667)
Well, brother, all you guys, I'm super excited. I can't wait. I wanted to announce a little bit earlier, but we had to get the flyer just right and get a couple other things behind the scenes kind of situated. But everybody's locked in. We've got our headliner, Darkness Divided. They are on the comeback. They were one of those bands that I was introduced to like

2016, 2017, they were, they're from San Antonio and I was just one of those, one of those, you know, local fans whenever they showed, said they had a show, I'd show up and now they're on the comeback and I'm, you know, happy to have them, you know, headline this and, you know, have guys like you on. So with all of that said,

Domonic (27:50.23)
you

Ryan Rayle (27:50.876)
I don't want to take up any more time tonight. I know everybody's time is valuable, but I think we did a bang up job of clearing the schedule, getting the agenda out and making sure that everybody understands. and right now I got to figure out when I'm going to launch this. But by the time this comes out, the tickets will still be $15 right now. And you guys can use the discount code, BatLips.

for a discount or ATX Metal podcast. Really doesn't matter. The money goes to the same place, to the bands. And that's what it's all about here. Just supporting local music, getting weird with it. However that, you know, sounds to you. But any final words, any final shout outs, some thank yous, some I love yous, some I hate yous. Actually, no, let's not do those. There's enough hate in this world going on. Let's get some goodness going.

Domonic (28:25.878)
Okay.

Lukas Magalee (28:41.662)
Ha ha ha.

Domonic (28:44.47)
Okay.

Lukas Magalee (28:48.995)
I mean, I appreciate everybody who's been coming out to see us over the past couple of years on supporting what we're doing. We've changed a lot and seeing the same people show up has been super rad.

Domonic (29:02.879)
Yeah, definitely. Shout out to all the bands that we've been playing with and everyone's been like, you know, so kind and so grateful. So it's really cool to just keep making connections and shout out to the venues and different mothers too.

Paris (29:03.063)
Yes, absolutely.

Paris (29:15.939)
Yeah, the scene is like has so many, the scene has so many cool bands right now. I feel like the Austin hardcore and metal scene is like there's just an endless amount of bands. So thanks to all them for being super inspiring and letting us play with them sometimes because they're sick. Thank you for having us on this bill specifically. This is me really rad. A lot of new artists that I haven't gotten this chance to see yet. So that's going to be really fun. Yeah.

Ryan Rayle (29:17.231)
Paris, final words?

Ryan Rayle (29:42.622)
really?

I am glad to have this chance to put you guys together because I mean, somebody said it today, I was talking in a message, you know, if everybody at the local level succeeds, then we all succeed. So, you know, getting out there supporting, even though you don't have a show that night, you know, go support, you know, your homie in the band, pay the $10 cover charge. What's

Paris (29:52.301)
you

Ryan Rayle (30:10.233)
What are some of the cover charges these days? Cause I don't get out as much as I used to. And are there still any $10 shows?

Paris (30:18.743)
Lostwell. We just played there. Yeah, Lostwell was 10 bucks.

Domonic (30:19.061)
Yeah, we just played one. Yeah, lost well. Lost well.

Lukas Magalee (30:19.999)
Yeah, it also a Starbucks.

Ryan Rayle (30:21.506)
perfect.

There you go. Shout out, Lostwell, $10, $10. man. Well, again, thank you guys very much. I'm super excited. I will let, I'll give you guys a heads up when all of this is ready to go and we'll get it out there and everybody's news feeds in is going to be covered wall to wall. Cause I'm going to set up my AI agent to just disturb the fuck out of everybody with this one. I only get to throw one show a year. So give

Lukas Magalee (30:25.503)
Sure, absolutely.

Paris (30:26.915)
Yeah.

Paris (30:52.847)
Hehehe.

Domonic (30:53.235)
Yeah.

Ryan Rayle (30:55.173)
Give me your money so I can give it to these guys so they can do really cool shit. We got a pterodactyl playing. So I mean, you've got to show up, right? Petri, yes.

Paris (31:02.466)
Yeah.

Petri.

Lukas Magalee (31:08.872)
Dude, shout out Land Before Time.

Ryan Rayle (31:11.365)
Hell yeah. If you have no clue what we're talking about, just look up land before time movie and just you're welcome. So anyway, guys. man, this is that. That's perfect. We're just going to end it there. Just stick around for a few moments and let everything finish up. But again, my name is Ryan. This is Batlips December six. Come and take it live. Get your tickets now.

Paris (31:12.131)
Yeah, yeah, Littlefoot, Sarah, the whole crew.

Paris (31:18.031)
You

Domonic (31:23.753)
Bring some strawberries to the next year.

Paris (31:26.191)
You

Domonic (31:31.765)
Thanks.

Ryan Rayle (31:41.211)
or just come and see us and pay even more money, because then I get to give them even more money. So with that being said, thank you guys very much and we'll see you later.

Lukas Magalee (31:49.769)
Bye.

Domonic (31:50.451)
Yes.